OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe

Post by jamesfinlayson » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #311

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Tangentially related, but I work for a New Zealand company that does civil engineering work, including some in the US. There's a lot of localization that we have to do around roads being much wider and different materials being used, but the main idiosyncrasy is that in New Zealand we can just call people up on the phone or via email and arrange contracts, but for large jurisdictions in the US there is a competitive…

> the main idiosyncrasy is that in New Zealand we can just call people up on the phone or via email and arrange contracts, That sounds pretty corrupt. I've recently commented that countries with lower corruption perceptions probably have more corruption, and New Zealand is one of the lowest. Unless you're some kind of competitively approved supplier that's chosen by default because you consistently do good work. Why…

Post by whall6 » Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 11:50 PM UTC

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adamsmark wrote: post #264

I worked for OnePlus a few years ago, managing its Amazon account. The culture leaned heavily toward 996: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week. I was there during a particularly tumultuous period, and by that point a lot of the staffing had already been hollowed out. That said, the OnePlus 11, 12, 13, and 15 are great phones. The 13 and 15 in particular have insane battery life. I have never managed to drain either one…

> The culture leaned heavily toward 996: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week Why stay there even ONE week, unless you were very senior?

Post by jamesfinlayson » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC

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> That sounds pretty corrupt. I live in Australia and Australia is not New Zealand... but this sounds exactly like what would happen in rural Australia - people in small towns still do handshake deals because you know and trust most people in town. Not related to business deals but a family member was flying rurally in Australia maybe 15 years ago and joked about stabbing the pilot with a 4cm nail file. The airport s…

I met someone who told me they flew domestically with a licensed hunting rifle in NZ about 10 years ago and they were told to open carry the rifle onto the plane where the flight attendant locked it up. Unrelated but Finnair's requirements for flying with doctoral swords are wonderful.

Post by cpncrunch » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC

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Even reading through all the comments above yours I'm still in the dark. Everyone is talking about how they sabotaged their own business, and Carl Pei leaving, but none of that explains why specifically they aren't launching new products in Europe and the US (but still will in other parts of the world?) Something isn't quite adding up here.

Their nitch in the American market was selling high end devices for mid level prices, now that that is no longer the case, most people would rather get a Samsung for performance, a Pixel for it’s cameras or an iPhone for all of the above.

Post by denkmoon » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #311

annzabelle wrote: post #309

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tangentially related, but I work for a New Zealand company that does civil engineering work, including some in the US. There's a lot of localization that we have to do around roads being much wider and different materials being used, but the main idiosyncrasy is that in New Zealand we can just call people up on the phone or via email and arrange contracts, but for large jurisdictions in the US there is a competitive…

> the main idiosyncrasy is that in New Zealand we can just call people up on the phone or via email and arrange contracts, That sounds pretty corrupt. I've recently commented that countries with lower corruption perceptions probably have more corruption, and New Zealand is one of the lowest. Unless you're some kind of competitively approved supplier that's chosen by default because you consistently do good work. Why…